Agree that the Patriots should have put the game away. Play calling in the 4th qtr was horrendous and the defense could have played better. Having said that, you can't deny that questionable calls in that 4th qtr kept the Ravens on the field and allowed them to score. Not blaming the officials for the loss. Just stating a fact.

looking in from the outside i think the whole issue over the refs was the union thing. Players and union members across the country are supporting the old refs only because it's the right thing to do for a union member.

Actually , I think plastering the most arrogant of the inept "regular" officials on this story sends a message that far too many people have forgotten and that we're all going to be reminded of very quickly . . .

These guys don't know what they're doing, either . . .

and for all the doorknobs in here who think their precious "regular" refs would most certainly have called offensive pass interference on Golden Tate Monday night, who would like to talk about myriad instances of uncalled holding on one particularly famous play in a certain Super Bowl?

Vegas will probably be pretty happy with this news, but fans are just getting the same **expletive deleted** sandwich on a different kind of bread.

We played poorly in Arizona and deserved to lose, we played really well in Baltimore and won that game despite the refs 2nd half shredding of the rulebook and fear of the home crowd. All they had to do was review the final kick and we won that game.

All the moaning and "all of our players sux" BS would be gone, guess we'll have to wait another week with the real refs before they become believers?

No one is saying the regular refs are perfect, but I can't believe there are still people that think the replacements were anywhere near as effective. Are you kidding me? Do you people get a hard on when bashing organized labor or something?

But, I hope the Patriots take it to heart (hello Brandon Spikes) that replacement Refs had nothing to do with the Patriots loss last week.

I wouldn't say that those replacement refs caused the Pats to lose that game to the Ravens but they definitely contributed to to scoring drives that allowed the Ravens to put up 14 points and they possibly took 4 points from the Pats.